Tag Archives: hands
Mike-Related Watercolor: Mike’s Hands (2017)
Brother’s* hands express I wonder what they say I have wondered all my life *Mike is my older brother. He is autistic, low functioning and nonverbal.
Sketch Book Series: Blind Drawings – Hands (2019)
Artist-Inspired Watercolors: Abstract – After Reading About Matisse (2017)
The subject matter for the watercolor below comes from my experience with my older brother Michael. He is nonverbal, low functioning and autistic. He used to hit himself when he became frustrated. I don’t recall the specific ideas behind the creation of this study, but it was somehow a combination of Matisse’s colors and my […]
Sketch Book Series: Hand Practice (June 2008)
Sketch Book Series: Hand (August 2014)
Just found this sketchbook. I like the drawing of the hand. It looks like I was at low ebb that day.
Mike and Jack – Hands (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
Thoughts About Mike’s Hand
I was a bit shaken with the video visit with my brother Mike, yesterday. Mike was hospitalized with some serious health issues. The medical folks aren’t even sure he can be removed from the respirator. However, it was something (comparably) minor that caught my attention. Mike’s hand was in an unnatural position. It looked painful. […]
Getting a Grip
Manley Pointer
I haven’t read much Flannery O’Conner lately. However, one of the central images that can be teased out of the abstract painting below is a masculine finger emerging from a set of knuckles. Manley Pointer, as in ‘finger pointer’ (not a character) came to my mind. I have been painting and sketching hands lately (Portrait […]
